Ariana Grande watches “Wicked” with her grandmother

Evil is not only the number one film in America, it also brings families together.

Ariana Grande shared a sweet video on her Instagram on Monday that features Glinda the Good Witch herself watching the film with her grandmother at a theater in her hometown of Boca Raton, Florida. “I flew to Boca for the day to watch with Nonna,” one of her stories says. “At the movie theater I went to every weekend as a kid, Cinemark 20 in Boca.” Grande also tagged her half-brother Frankie Grande, a Broadway and movie star in his own right.

“I’m happy to report that when the sugar glider played her drum solo, Nonna exclaimed out loud, ‘Oh, I LOVE that,'” Grande wrote in another story, referring to a small, mouse-like marsupial that was during one of the performances bangs around on some drums The film’s magical musical numbers.

Grande noted that both photos were courtesy of Ethan Slater, her boyfriend who also plays the munchkin Boq, a character who ironically becomes the love interest of Nessarose (Marissa Bode), the sister of Glinda’s rival Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo). .

In the video Grande posted, Nonna the Good, real name Marjorie Grande, proudly watches part of the performance of the song “Popular.” Nonna, as Grande calls her in a nod to her Italian heritage, is a minor star in the Ari-verse, having appeared on three of Grande’s songs. Most recently, Nonna released Grande’s 2024 album Eternal sunshineProviding the spoken word outro for the song “Ordinary Things”. In April, Grande celebrated on Instagram that Nonna had broken a record and became “the oldest person to ever appear on the Billboard Hot 100.”

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Grande started out as a Broadway star in the musical 13 and an actress on the Nickelodeon show Victorious. She became known worldwide as a pop star, but Evil represents a brilliant return to its roots.

She plays Glinda, the good witch in “Chopted and Screwed.” Wizard of Oz Backstory that began as the rival, best friend, and then conflicted pursuer of Erivos Elphaba, later known as the Wicked Witch of the West.

Evil The film is directed by Jon M. Chu, who previously directed Lin-Manuel Miranda In the heights on the big screen. But Evil has reached all new heights, collecting an impressive $112.5 million in its opening weekend.

The film also stars Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Bailey, Jeff Goldblum and Bowen Yang and is currently in theaters nationwide.